The program committee has created a revitalized program that is
relevant and engaging for the internationalization community. The
three-day conference will feature keynote presentations by Tuoc
Luong, Senior Vice President, Engineering & Technology, Ask Jeeves,
Inc. on the internationalization of search; Col. Daniel Scott,
Assistant Commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign
Language Center on Unicode as a "Unifying Force" in Language
Education; and Charles Bigelow, Vice President, Bigelow & Holmes
Inc. on The Effect of Unicode on Type Design.

The conference includes a full day of tutorials followed by two
days of presentations, panels and discussions. There will also be
technology exhibits and demonstrations.

This will be the first conference to cover the content of Unicode
5.0, which supersedes all previous versions of Unicode and is
synchronized with the latest version of ISO/IEC 10646. It will also
be the first to cover the content of LDML 1.4 (used for
interchanging locale data) and CLDR 1.4 (the latest version of the
Common Locale Data), and the newest events in the area of Unicode
security. The conference includes presentations on Microsoft Office
12 and Windows Vista, several talks on ICU topics, as well as an
overview and case study on CLDR.

The Internationalization & Unicode
Conference is the premier technical conference for both software and
Web internationalization. Unicode experts, implementers, clients and
vendors are invited to attend this unique conference. The
interactive format makes the Internationalization & Unicode
Conference a great place to meet and exchange ideas with leading
experts, find out about the needs of potential clients, or get
information about new and existing Unicode-enabled products.

About the Event Producer

The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) is the new Event Producer for
the Internationalization & Unicode Conferences. The OMG is an open
membership, not-for-profit consortium that produces and maintains
computer industry specifications for interoperable enterprise
applications. Our specifications include MDA®, UML®, CORBA®, MOF™,
XMI® and CWM™. OMG’s specifications are all available for download
by everyone without charge.